We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
31 of its 50 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 23 of Haiti's 31 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Cholera was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
63 of its 85 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tripoli accounted for 59 of Libya's 63 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
56 of its 76 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Dakar accounted for 45 of Senegal's 56 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
355 of its 877 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 116 of Jaranwala's 174 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (158 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
149 of its 418 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (108 stories). Plane crash was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 95 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Bogota accounted for 32 of Colombia's 38 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Earthquake was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
56 of its 185 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Hunger was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
92 of its 239 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 26 of Stockholm's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
14 of Riyadh's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Covid was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
12 of its 14 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Azerbaijan (40 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Colombia (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Spain (60 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Malaysia (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 Aug. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 21,013 stories about harm among 112,923 counted on 17 Aug.
Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 112,923 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 17 August 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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